Are you sure that X 4.1 can cope with your graphic card? possibly if you had RH 9.0 then you had X 4.3 Lionel --- Zacharias Enochsson <f99ze@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > In my pursuit to be more "hardcore" when it comes to linux and > associates, I have recently moved from such secure havens as Mandrake > and RedHat, onward to Debian. How very extremely painful. > > Seriously, neither redhat nor mandrake gave much of a fuss about my > hardware setup, so im not quite sure whats wrong, but I JUST CANT GET X > GOING! It starts up but hangs with the words "No device detected - > fatal server error - no screen found". > > I did the net install of debian (woody) with bf2-flavour (whatever the > heck that means -kernel stuff I guess) I have a GeForce MX440 w 128 mb > ddrram on a 8x agp port. My screen is a Amitech (danish manufacturer) > 15" TFT. the XF86Config-4 is configured with xf86config. The refresh > rates are entered manually by me according to my monitor specs from the > amitech website. > > xf86cfg also hangs, similarly to x itself. Once i did manage to get X > started, by specifying the "Standard VGA" device, and 8-bit color > depth. That gave me a twm-screen with a resolution of about 320x 240! > But obviously thats no good. > > So please someone! Sink your teeth into this! > > Thanks and friendly greetings! -Zach > > PS XF86Config-4 and XFreee86.0.log to follow below. > > > ==================================== > BEGIN: XF86Config-4 > ==================================== > # File generated by xf86config. > > # > # Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. > # > # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), > # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, > # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the > # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > # > # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in > # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > # > # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR > # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL > # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, > # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF > # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE > # SOFTWARE. > # > # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall > # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other > # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the > # XFree86 Project. > # > > # ********************************************************************** > # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of > # this file. > # ********************************************************************** > > # ********************************************************************** > # Module section -- this section is used to specify > # which dynamically loadable modules to load. > # ********************************************************************** > # > Section "Module" > > # This loads the DBE extension module. > > Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension > > # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables > # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. > SubSection "extmod" > Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension > EndSubSection > > # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > > # This loads the GLX module > # Load "glx" > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "Files" > > # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), > # as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath > # command (or a combination of both methods) > # > # If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other > # programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory > # to the end of this list (or comment them out). > # > > # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > > # The module search path. The default path is shown here. > > # ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Server flags section. > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "ServerFlags" > > # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is > # received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may > # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging > > # Option "NoTrapSignals" > > # Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence > # This allows clients to receive this key event. > > # Option "DontZap" > > # Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching > # sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events. > > # Option "Dont Zoom" > > # Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With > # it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes, > # but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will > # receive a protocol error. > > # Option "DisableVidModeExtension" > > # Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client. > > # Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune" > > # Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device > # (mouse and keyboard) settings. > > # Option "DisableModInDev" > > # Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to > # change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset). > > # Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev" > > EndSection > > # ********************************************************************** > # Input devices > # ********************************************************************** > > # ********************************************************************** > # Core keyboard's InputDevice section > # ********************************************************************** > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard1" > Driver "Keyboard" > # For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard"). > # When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris), > # uncomment the following line. > > # Option "Protocol" "Xqueue" > > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > > # Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" > # Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift" > > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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